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Genus: Carissa (num-nums)
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I >
Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Plumerioideae
About
20 species, native to Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarenes, Asia and
Australia, with five species native to southern Africa.
Species in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Herbivores
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